Experience

BLUE ORIGIN

• United States
• Defense and Space Manufacturing
• 700 & Above Employee

• Senior Legal Counsel, Orbital Launch Site

  • Mar 2023 - Present

• Legal Counsel, Orbital Launch Site

  • Nov 2020 - Mar 2023



Mound Cotton Wollan & Greengrass LLP

• United States
• Law Practice
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Associate Attorney

  • Jun 2020 - Nov 2020



Skarzynski Marick & Black LLP

• United States
• Law Practice
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Associate Attorney

  • Feb 2018 - Jun 2020

  -Product liability, aviation, and insurance associate simultaneously litigating thousands of pharmaceutical cases while also handling an aviation and insurance coverage docket of litigation, mediation, and arbitration. -Part of four-member team litigating over 1,700 government and private pharma product liability cases, including class actions and personal injury, false advertising, and negligence suits. -Appears in court, drafts filings and dispositive motions, and leads client production and offensive discovery. -Successfully defended pharma client and other product clients against government investigations. -Litigates aviation insurance coverage in product, employment, property, and other actions. -Represents insurer clients in D&O, private equity, and CGL coverage litigation, mediation, and arbitration. -Attends depositions, drafts insurance coverage opinions, and manages noticed claims and client bordereaux. -Firm's e-discovery expert, providing expertise and assisting partners and associates. -Independently created and presented CLE for credit, “Space Insurance: Overview and Recent Trends.” Show less



Condon & Forsyth LLP

• United States
• Law Practice
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Associate Attorney

  • Apr 2015 - Feb 2018

  -Aviation associate on small team litigating global product, regulatory, and commercial matters for aircraft client. -Won $7.58 million judgment in NY County Supreme Court, successfully arguing motion for summary judgment based on a novel legal mechanism in an independently-handled commercial aviation dispute. -Worked on multimillion-dollar aviation product cases, including drafting motions and filings, briefing legal issues, producing and taking discovery, directing expert witnesses and reports, and preparing for depositions. -Conducted technical review of changes to aircraft design for liability analysis. -Successfully represented multiple airline clients in settlement negotiations and small claims court. -Drafted and managed client bordereaux and status reports for insured matters. -Published Law360 column on evolution of federal preemption of state tort law standards of care. Show less



New York City Law Department

• United States
• Law Practice
• 500 - 600 Employee

• Special Assistant Corporation Counsel

  • Sep 2014 - Mar 2015

  -Provided legal advice to the Mayor, City agencies, and City Council to shape policy, answer questions of law, and revise legislation during Special Assistant Corporation Counsel Fellowship. -Completed major data project to inform proposals on increasing diversity at City's specialized high schools. -Provided legal advice to the Mayor, City agencies, and City Council to shape policy, answer questions of law, and revise legislation during Special Assistant Corporation Counsel Fellowship. -Completed major data project to inform proposals on increasing diversity at City's specialized high schools.



O'Neill Institute for National and Global Health Law

• United States
• Higher Education
• 1 - 100 Employee

• International Trade Law and Policy Advocate

  • Jan 2014 - May 2014

  -Worked in a small team to write a legal toolkit for the American Cancer Society, providing evaluation tools for responses to new international trade agreements. -Conducted analysis of trade law and policy, and case studies on the impact of international trade on public health. -Focused on investment protection measures and tariffs. -Worked in a small team to write a legal toolkit for the American Cancer Society, providing evaluation tools for responses to new international trade agreements. -Conducted analysis of trade law and policy, and case studies on the impact of international trade on public health. -Focused on investment protection measures and tariffs.



Wolff International Law Library

• Circulation Desk Worker

  • Jan 2012 - May 2014

  -Conducted and assisted with legal research. -Maintained legal library resources. -Conducted and assisted with legal research. -Maintained legal library resources.



U.S. Department of Transportation

• United States
• Truck Transportation
• 700 & Above Employee

• Legal Intern to Chief Judge

  • Apr 2013 - Jan 2014

  -Intern to Chief Judge Yoder, performing as independent attorney-adviser and administrative judicial clerk. -Independently drafted administrative decisions and worked closely with Chief Judge Yoder to revise, edit, and issue administrative decisions on challenges to FAA and other DOT penalties and regulations. -Successfully closed large-scale case that had been pending on the DOT docket for years. -Intern to Chief Judge Yoder, performing as independent attorney-adviser and administrative judicial clerk. -Independently drafted administrative decisions and worked closely with Chief Judge Yoder to revise, edit, and issue administrative decisions on challenges to FAA and other DOT penalties and regulations. -Successfully closed large-scale case that had been pending on the DOT docket for years.



U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission

• United States
• Financial Services
• 700 & Above Employee

• Legal Research Assistant

  • Apr 2013 - Dec 2013

  -Conducted legal research for Commission attorneys, reporting on pertinent legislation, regulations, and case law. -Conducted legal research for Commission attorneys, reporting on pertinent legislation, regulations, and case law.



Professor Joshua Teitelbaum

• Research Assistant

  • Apr 2013 - Sep 2013

  Authored legal analysis portion of academic legal treatise on Byzantine maritime salvage law. Authored legal analysis portion of academic legal treatise on Byzantine maritime salvage law.



ArtsQuest

• United States
• Non-profit Organizations
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Legal Intern

  • Jun 2012 - Aug 2012

  -Wrote nonprofit-to-nonprofit consulting contract template for local live entertainment venue and arts education center. -Drafted informal reports and consulted on state and federal tax credit law, tax increment financing, unrelated business income tax, and special business improvement districts. -Reviewed several multimillion dollar debt-equity financing agreements for legal compliance. -Wrote nonprofit-to-nonprofit consulting contract template for local live entertainment venue and arts education center. -Drafted informal reports and consulted on state and federal tax credit law, tax increment financing, unrelated business income tax, and special business improvement districts. -Reviewed several multimillion dollar debt-equity financing agreements for legal compliance.



Community Action Lehigh Valley

• United States
• Non-profit Organization Management
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Legal Intern

  • Jun 2012 - Jul 2012

  -Reviewed pending state legislation to help determine whether company should support it. -Advised on federal loan regulations. -Reviewed pending state legislation to help determine whether company should support it. -Advised on federal loan regulations.